[lace] Tapestry bobbins
I have made quite a few tapestry bobbins, and whilst not a lace maker I would find it hard to imagine them being used on a pillow. They are about 5 inches long and the tail diameter would be almost 1/2 an inch. Certainly the long neck would hold a lot of lace making thread. Possibly a yak substitute!! :) As has been said, they are made to hang vertically, hold thickish thread and be able to pass between the vertical threads. (Someone will tell me if it is the warp or the woof!) Some are weighted with lead in the tail. - Original Message - From: bev walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bridget Marrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Arachne Lace Digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:17 AM Subject: Re: [lace] South America Trip - bobbins I have tried tapestry bobbins for a scarf in bobbin-lace, using yarn. Such bobbins are intended to be used on a vertical setup; on a slanting or flat bobbin lace pillow, I found them to be too 'pointy' and they rolled a lot. They should be ok on a bolster pillow. There are other nice tools for weaving at the site Janice mentioned. Thank you Bridget for clarifying - led me to investigate ;) On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Bridget Marrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: However the bobbins you bought are not actually intended for lace-making, but for tapestry weaving. This is made clear on the website. I can imagine the large, long-necked bobbins being very useful for some types of modern lace, if you need to wind on a lot of thickish thread. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 5389 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Tapestry bobbins
I have four very small tapstry bobbins, which would probably do for Honiton lace. But I could be wrong, as I don't do Honiton - I use these for lucet work. Judge for yourself. Here is a link to the place where I bought them, which gives a photograph and details:- http://www.fibrecrafts.com/ProductDetail.asp?Level1=Level2=Level3=PID=5214Action=; Linda Walton (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). Brian Lemin wrote: I have made quite a few tapestry bobbins, and whilst not a lace maker I would find it hard to imagine them being used on a pillow. They are about 5 inches long and the tail diameter would be almost 1/2 an inch. Certainly the long neck would hold a lot of lace making thread. Possibly a yak substitute!! :) As has been said, they are made to hang vertically, hold thickish thread and be able to pass between the vertical threads. (Someone will tell me if it is the warp or the woof!) Some are weighted with lead in the tail. - Original Message - From: bev walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bridget Marrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Arachne Lace Digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:17 AM Subject: Re: [lace] South America Trip - bobbins I have tried tapestry bobbins for a scarf in bobbin-lace, using yarn. Such bobbins are intended to be used on a vertical setup; on a slanting or flat bobbin lace pillow, I found them to be too 'pointy' and they rolled a lot. They should be ok on a bolster pillow. There are other nice tools for weaving at the site Janice mentioned. Thank you Bridget for clarifying - led me to investigate ;) On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Bridget Marrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: However the bobbins you bought are not actually intended for lace-making, but for tapestry weaving. This is made clear on the website. I can imagine the large, long-necked bobbins being very useful for some types of modern lace, if you need to wind on a lot of thickish thread. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.4/1789 - Release Date: 11/14/2008 7:32 PM - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Tapestry bobbins
These are nice bobbins for fine tapestry, and very nice for lucet work. They are too long at 13 cm. for Honiton, unless with thicker thread and an enlarged pattern, and a proportionately larger pillow? I think the necks are too long for the bobbins to behave in a Honiton manner g. My Honitons are 10 cm., and more slender again. Brian, the vertical threads are warp threads, the tapestry bobbins hold the weft-weaving-'woof' thread. On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Linda Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I have four very small tapstry bobbins, which would probably do for Honiton lace. But I could be wrong, as I don't do Honiton - I use these for lucet work. Judge for yourself. Here is a link to the place where I bought them, which gives a photograph and details:- http://www.fibrecrafts.com/ProductDetail.asp?Level1=Level2=Level3=PID=5214Action=; Brian Lemin wrote: As has been said, they are made to hang vertically, hold thickish thread and be able to pass between the vertical threads. (Someone will tell me if it is the warp or the woof!) Some are weighted with lead in the tail. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] tapestry bobbins
I bought some tapestry bobbins from Robin Russ Handweavers many years ago, and they work just fine for tape lace (with those pointy ends, sewings are easy). Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
